How to Get Started with the Foreman SysAdmin Tool

Foreman offers a powerful set of system management tools, from process automation to security compliance and more. Here’s how to get started.

Is your system management tool robust enough?

As your organization grows, so does your workload—and the IT resources required to manage it. There is no “one-size-fits-all” system management solution, but a centralized, open source tool such as Foreman can help you manage your company’s IT assets by provisioning, maintaining, and updating hosts throughout the complete lifecycle.

Foreman becomes even more powerful when integrated with other open source projects and plugins, and I will discuss these in more detail below. To get started, however, let’s consider key functions of an effective system management tool.